2 November, 2024
Half-page (p. 5b) from 'Les géants pétrifiés' redrawn (ill. Yoann & Vehlmann; (c) Dupuis and the artists; image from 2dgalleries.com)

It’s Official: Yoann d’après Yoann

Half-page (p. 5b) from 'Les géants pétrifiés' redrawn (ill. Yoann & Vehlmann; (c) Dupuis and the artists; image from 2dgalleries.com)
By Yoann.

At first glance, there’s nothing particularly special about the half-page above. Looks familiar, clearly drawn by Yoann in his current Spirou style, it’s from one of his albums, right? … But wait! Which album? Zorglub and Martin only appear together in the one-shot, but that was drawn in a completely different style. What’s going on?

It turns out that it is in fact a redrawn version of this half-page from Les géants pétrifiés (“The Petrified Giants”):

'Les géants pétrifiés' p.5b (ill. Yoann & Vehlmann; (c) Dupuis and the artists)

Why would Yoann redraw half a page from an earlier album? I have no idea. The only idea I can think of is that it was in preparation for having Martin appear in Le groom de Sniper Alley (Spirou & Fantasio #54, “The Sniper Alley Bellhop”), to work out how the character would fit in the more classical style. But that’s just a wild guess. Maybe it was just for fun. Or maybe Yoann has started drawing fanart of his own work!

Spirou Reporter

I grew up reading Spirou in Scandinavian translations. Now I'm learning French and trying to decode the originals.

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13 thoughts on “It’s Official: Yoann d’après Yoann

    1. Ah, thanks! I guess that explains it. I didn’t realize he had experimented with a more classical style even at that time. I’ll have to go back and have another look at the sketches in the Khani edition.

      1. Yeah, I figured that, as well. Generally, the printed version feels improved in most aspects (although the hunching Spirou with his video cam feels a bit unnatural). The sense of life and energy has gotten a lot better.

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